"beb7fbf2-5f16-4fdd-9e25-81dc75dfcc90"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-12-10"@en . "1900-04-13"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/proslill/items/1.0212216/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " V\n' ^MmU G^aJUus $*\n0\nTHE\nPROSPECTOR.\nVol. 2, No. 40.\nLILLOOET, B. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1900\n$2.00 a year.\n,v\nANDERSON LAKE illNINQ COMPANY.\nArticles of incorporation were filed\nlast week by tbe Anderson Lake Mining\n& Milling company, with a capital stock\nfully paid up of $225,000,000 divided into\n900,000 shares of 25 cents each. The incorporators were R. T. Ward, Oliver\nHarvey, J. C. Shields, Denis Murphy\nand F. S. Reynolds. Tbe company was\nformed to tate over the well known\nproperties on McGillivray creek, near\nAnderson lake and about thirty-five\nmiles from Lillooet. The former owners\ntbe Brett Bros, and John Marshall have\ndone a large amount of development, including some 400 feet of tunnels and upraises and there is a large amount of ore\nin sight that averages well in free gold.\nA ten stamp mill, tramway ets., is nearly completed and will be in operation by\nthe company in about a month. The\nboard of directors being the incorporators, met in the office of Denis Murphy,\nat Ashcroft, last week and elected as\nfollows: -President, F. S. Reynolds;\nvice-president, R. T. Ward; secretary,\nJ. H. Bremner; treasurer, W. B. BaMey.\nThe company is a close corporation\nand no stock will be offered for sale.\nAmong the holders of the same being\nBorne of the best business men of Ashcroft and Lillooet.\nAfter the transfer of the properties to\nthe company, and other business was\ntransacted Messrs. Murphy and Shields\nretired from tbe board and W. E. Brett\nand John Marshall jwere elected to fill\nthe vacancies. Funds were provided for\nbeginning operations.\nThe business arrangements in connection with beginning operations at\nthe mine were left with the president of\nthe company. The incorporators and\nother owners believe they have a very\nvaluable property and every effort will\nbe made to make the McGillivray creek\nmines a success and it will be in no\nsense a stock speculation, or in other\nwords, if tbe company have what they\nthink they have, a valuable mine, they\nwill realize well in their investments,\nand if they should find unfortunately\nthat the property is not as good as was\nhoped for and expected there will be no\nmourners to charge anyone with stock\njobbing.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Journal,\nThe Liberal Convention.\nThe Liberal conveation which opened\nlast Thursday at Vancouver, adjourned\nthe following night at ten o'clock sine\ndie. The evening session was by far the\nmost confused that took place during\nthe meeting. The feature of the {day's\nsession was the close vote on the reception of the Cassiar delegates. They\nwere objected to by Premier Martin and\nhis section of the convention on account\nof the delegates having not come from\nCassiar, but were appointed at a meeting of electors of Cassiar held at Victoria\na few days before. E. P. Davis and the\nanti-Martin party held that the delegates should be received, as it was absolutely impossible, on account of tbe limited notice given of the convention, to\nhave delegates appointed in Cassiar itself. The sensational result was a tie,\n139 votes for and against, and, amid\ncheers that could be heard for blocks,\nthe chairman voted in favor of the reception of the delegates from the north*\nern district.\nE. P. Davis threw a bomb into the\nmeeting the first thing at the ever ing\nsession. He moved that \" the liberals\nin provincial convention assembled hereby refuse to accept the government of\nthe Hon. Joseph Martin as a representative of the liberal administration, and\nhereby declare that it is optional with\nany liberal to support or oppose the\nsaid government.\" Martin objected to\nthis as out of order, but the chairman\nheld it was proper, and Davis held the\nfloor, but for two hours the meeting refused to allow him to speak. Pandemonium reigned and the din was terrible. The meeting did nothing more,\nand m no one could speak adjournment\nwas made indefinitely. The convention\nopened with a riot early Friday morning\nand continued until tbe adjournment.\nThirty of the outside delegates whose\ncredentials were not upheld by the credentials committee stormed the doors\nand passed tbe policeman who attempted to guard the doors.\nLate War News.\nLord Methuen commanded in the\nspirited little action a few miles to the\nSouth East, where he surrounded the\nBoers on a Kopje. Not a man escaped.\nFifty four prisoners were taken as well\nas 60 horses and a quantity of baggage.\nGeneral DeVillebois was killed. A Boer\nhoisted a white flag and then fired killing a British officer. The murderer was\ninstantly shot.\nCarnarvon 11.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Two thousand insurgents who were unaware that Sir Chas.\nParsons bad occupied Kenhardt and\nwere on their way to that place, have\nbeen captured by the British troops.\nLondon 11.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Lord Roberts wired under yesterdays date as follows: \"The\nenemy has been active during the last\nfew days. We inflicted serious loss on\nthe Boers yesterday at Wepener.\"\nA London despatch says: It is believed here that Lord Roberts has sent\nGatacre borne, having no confidence in\nhim.\nOttawa 11.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Lord Strathcona has\ncalled for 50 more troops for service in\nSouth Africa. They will be held in reserve to fill vajancies that may occur\nthrough death or otherwise. The men\nwill be selected from the West.\nMr. A. McDonald independent candidate for east Lillooet, left for the coast\nSaturday on business.\nLondon 13.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Sir Alfred Milner, governor of Cape Colony, speaking at\nCapetown yesterday says: \"The British\nwill no longer tolerate dissimilar and\nantagonistic political systems in a\ncountry which nature and history have\ndeclared to be one.\"\nIn these resolute utterances he speake\nfor the Impei ial government.\nIt is estimated that Lord Roberts has\n214,000 effective troops, with 1,200 more\nafloat or under orders.\nAliwal North. 12.\u00E2\u0080\u0094News from Boer\nsources at Wepener says that four Boer\nguns have been disabled and four commandants have been killed or wounded.\nOn Tuesday night the British made an\nattack, capturing a Boer gun and taking\nsome prisoners.\nELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON\nMrs. T. C. Barron, of Kansas City\nis anxious to get word of her husband\nwho, she thinks, is in Vancouver. He\nwas in Lytton a short time ago. He is\nknown sometimes as T. O. Barron and\nthen as Wallace Barron.\nJUNE9TH. HOUSE MEETS\nON JULY 5TH.\nActing on orders from Ottawa the\nLieutenant-governor haa dissolved the\nhouse. Nominations are fixed for May\n26th, the elections on June 9th and the\nwrits returnable June 30th. The bouse\nmeets July 5th.\nLOCAL NEWS.\nRev. A. E. Stephenson visited Pavilion\nthis week.\nCarl Hartzel, who owns a ranch in the\nPemberton section was in town this\nweek. \t\nRev. Ladner of Kamloops arrived in\ntown la t Monday and left next morning\nfor Pavilion.\nMrs. Oswick of Pavilion was in town\nthis week as agent for a book entitled,\n\"The War in Africa.\"\nThe ferry at Sucker ureek is now ready\nfor travel and Messrs. Collum & Delong\nwill attend to business at that point.\nDune. McDonald left for the Empire\nValley section the first of the week to\ninterview the electors in the interest of\nA. W. Smith.\nRonald Currie and his sister, Mrs. A.\nMcintosh have take possession of the\nPemberton Portage ranch having purchased, it from J. L. 0. Knowles.\nArthur F Noel is expected home from\ntl 3 coast to-day.\nThere will be a song service in the\nMethodist Church on Sunday evening.\nThe Subject will be \"Easter.\" The\noffertory will be in aid of missions.\nMr. M. Connors and wife arrived from\nthe coast last Friday evening. Mr.\nConnors left for Cadwallader Tuesday\nwhere he will be employed in the Bend'Or mine. Mrs. Connors will remain in\ntown for the present.\nP. Burnet, D A P. L. S , is at McGillivray Creek surveying a couple of\nmineral claims for a Toronto Syndicate\nrepresented in \ ancouver by Mr. A. St.\nG. Hammersley.\nThe road has been \"hanged near the\nbridge so as to allow the working of the\nauriferous gravel, by the chinamen who\nlease the ground through which the road\npasses. The road is not as good as it\nmight be, and the grade should be put\nin better shape.\nPremier Martin says he intends to\nvisit every district before the elections,\nand we learn that he intends holding a\nmeeting in Lillooet and also to put a\ncandidate in the field as a supporter of\nthe Martin government. A few around\nthis section are a little sore on not being\nappointed to a cabinet pasition, but perhaps the Hon. Joseph may complete his\ncabinet while in tbe sage bush country.\nHarrv Attwood left for Cadwallader\nthe first of the week.\nT. R. Mowson is in town and expects\nto leave for the Northwest shortly.\nThe names mentioned as candidates\nfor the east riding of Lillooet have dwindled down to Archie McDonald and J. D.\nPrentice.\nFrank Stevenson of Lytton, who has\nbeen ill for some time with rheumatism\nwill shortly be around again aft.. several,\nweeks at Harrison Hot Springs.\nWm. Young one ofthe owners of the\nLorne is in town and will return to the\nmine agaim in a few daye. Everything\nis working satisfactory and a cleanup\nwill be made shortly.\nLAURIUR MEANS BUSINESS.\nWord has been received that Lieut-\nGovernor Mclnnes was advised by Sir\nWilfred Law'er that his reasons for calling Jos. Martin were deemed entirely\ninaii. ,uate and be must either call the\nlegislature together immediately and\nselect a government therefrom or at\nonce dissolve the house.\nDenis Murphy, indeperdent candidate\nfor West Yale, against t. 3 Hon. George\nWashington Beebe, a member of tbe\nMartin cabinet, will shortly make a tour\nof that district. Denis is a sure winner.\nLillooet can boast of being a moral\ntown and can be compared with the\nZion towns started by new (angled religious fanatics. It is very seldom that one\nhears of a \" little game \" going on as !s\ndone in neighboring towns. The polict\nhere keep a sharp lookout for any\nwrong doers.\nDr. F. S. Reynolds, Oliver Harvey and\nJ. H Bremner and W. E. Brett all connected with the Anderuoii Lake Mining\nCo. will a.rive today from Ashcroft,\nand will leave tomorrow for the\nmine, returning Monday afternoon. The\nproperty owned by, this company was\nrecently purchased from the Brett Bros,\nand John Marshall.\nThe steamer Minnehaha, Fred H.\nKinder master, is a great accommodation\nto the public, and since the new machinery has been put in it makes the\ntrip to the mission in about an hour.\nA shed has been erected at the lake and\nfreight can be stored for tbe departure\nof the Minnehaha. \"Commodore Kinder,\" is always alert and is ready for any\nspecial trips.\nThe Chinese Question.\nAn animated discussion took place in\nthe Commons last week on the Comox\nand Cape Suott Railway bill. Mr. Mclnnes moved aa amendment prohibiting\nthe employment of Chinese in construction or operation.\nMr. Morrison opposed the amendment on the ground that the courts had\ndeclared such a provision unconstitutional.\nSir Adolphe Caron insisted that the\ngovernment declare its policy on tbe\nsubject.\nSir Wilfrid Laurier said the government would shortly bring down a\nbill on the subject of Chinese immigration. Tn the meantime he thought\nthat as Canada taxed these people on\nentering tbe country, she could not well\nrefuse them the right to work. He\ncalled upon the house to vote down tha\namendment.\nMr. Mclnnes challenged a division.\nThis being taken the amendment was\nrejected by 51 to 21.\nNew Cabinet Minister,\nTbe latest addition to Martins Lime\nKiln Club is Colin S. Ryder, minister of\nfinance, and the announcement of his\nappointment to preside over the provincial treasury caused quite a ripple of\nexcitement. The new ministers pedigree has been published, and it is\ndoubtful whether he will get a prise at\ntbe grand cake walk which will take\nplace shortly with the exit of tbe whole\nMartin cabinet. Ryder or Walworth, as\nhe used to be called, has had a varied\nexperience and has done busfness from\n\"slinging hash,\" and peddling small\n\"icktabs\" to finance minister. British\nColumbia may well feel proud of the\nwhole gang who are in charge of the\nbusiness of the country. If there is one\nman with any redeeming features about\nhim, his associates will counteract\nthem.\nA. Satan Would do It.\nFollowing the example of the Rev.\nMr. Sheldon but going to tbe opposite\nextreme, H. J. Feltus, editor of the\nB'oomington Star, will this week turn\never his office and his paper to the devil.\nIn an editorial he said:\n\"A good many newspaper readers\nthink they can run a paper better than\nthe editor. No doubt his satanic majesty thinks the same thing, so next\nweek we propose to give him a trial by\nturning over the Star to him for one\nissue, and let him run it accordingly to\nhis own notion. Suitable contributions\nfor such paper, briefly written will be received and considered if sent in early in\nthe week. No church notices nor reading or advertisements of a religious\nnature will be received for next Sunday's\npaper; we propose to let the devil have\nfull sway.\t\nW. Durban is having his lot fenced\nand a general improvement made.\nNotice has been given by gold commissioner E. C. Senkler, of the Yukon\ndistrict, that on the first of June all\ngovernment placers in the Yukon district\nwill be disposed of public auction at\nDawson.\nG. A. Ward was in town last Friday\nand left next day for Jack's Landing,\nwhere he will make his headquarters,\nand will conduct the ferry and stopping\nplace at that point. He has purchased\nthe right of the ferry from Mr. T. R.\nMowson who has been in charge for the\npast year. \"Gib.\" will always be ready\nto accommodate travelers and tbey may\nbe sure of a warm welcome when they\nstrike his place. THE PROSPECTOR, LILLOOET, B. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1900.\nTHE PROSPECTOR.\nPublished every Friday.\nSUBSCRIPTION \u00C2\u00BB2.C0\nPayable in advance.\nIIC. A. FRASER, Editor and Proprietor.\nFRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1900.\nMr. Bostock's reply to the enquiries\nmade in regard to the non-letting of the\nLytton mail -contract ia a direct incult\nto the people of thia community. Mr.\nBostock is nothing if not verdant and he\nshows his simplicity in expecting us te\nbelieve that the Dominion Government\nwould resort to euch petty eubterfuge, in\norder to ascertain the coat of carrying\nthe mails, unless they were instigated by\nsome powerful motive. It does not require any great degree of penetration to\ndiacover the motive. Even a liberal\ngovernment does not stultify itBelf and\nappear ridiculous from pure wantonees.\nThere is only one possible construction to be placed on the refusal\nof the government to let the contract\nand that is, it did not suit the designs of\nMr. Bostock. The public would have a\nhigher opinion of the member for Yale-\nCariboo if he had the manliness to make\na straightforward statement to that\neffect, instead of paying such a poor\ntribute to our intel igtnce, as to expect\nus to believe that the Dominion government is so agitated over the expense of\nrunning a mail between here and Lytton\nas to go through the farce of calling for\ntenders only to repudiate them. We are\nall aware that the service would be far\ncheaper via Lj tton, at the same time we\nare aware that political considerations\nprevented itB consummation.\nMr. Bostock's connection with this\naffair places him in a very unenviable\nlight, better things were expected of\nhim. When a man of his unlimited means\nuses his position to deprive a couple of\nhard-working industrious boys of the\nreward of theirenterprise.it is time the\nsearchlight of public opinion was turned\non him, and to ask ourselves, if it is to\nour interest to again put him in a position which he has shown himself to narrow-minded and vindictive to fill.\nAs a politician Mr. Bostoct has been\na gigantic failure; his failure is all the\nmore pronounced on account of the manner iu which his appearance in the political arena was heralded. Even the\nforces of nature were supposed to participate in his advent, an earthquake\nwas to be felt, unusual phenomena were\nto be apparent in the heavens, he was\nsupposed to be possessed of all the virtues, the absence of a beard alone prevented his parasitical admirers from detecting a striking retemblance to our\nSaviour. His honor was his most sacred\npossession, it was bo sensitive that the\nslightest suspicion of wrong doing would\ncause him the moBt acute agony. What\nis the result? Leaving out the great\nharm which can be directly traced to\nthe misuse of his money, his whole parliamentary career consisted of a couple\nof measures for the purpose of coercing\nthe Canadian Pacific Railway company\nin the matter of passes and townsites.\nThe sympathetic silence with which\nthese meaaures were received by the\nhouse, the sad, sad tones of Sir Wilfrid\nas, with his tremalo stop pulled out to\nits full extent, he consigned them to oblivion, would have caused a more observing man than Mr. Bostock to immediately consult a psychologist. Mr. Bos-\ntock'a own personality would never have\nmade him a factor in the province, but\nthe lever which his money supplied, to\nclever, but more unscrupulous men, is\ndirectly responsible for the chaos and uncertainty which now exists. It will be\nour duty to prove to our readers in\nfuture issues that The Prospector is correct in its deductions.\nProspectors in the outlying districts\nwill no doubt, appreciate the proposal\nof the Government\u00E2\u0080\u0094not yet, however,\nmade public\u00E2\u0080\u0094to appoint Deputy Mining\nRecorders with power to receive and\ntransmit records and affidavits, in localities far removed from the main\noffices. In some districts such as Cassiar\nand Omineca a prospector, after locating\na claim would not infrequently be obliged\nto travel a hundred miles or even more\nin order to record his discovery, and in\nlocalities where the working season is of\nshort duration, this long journey was\nnaturally considered a hardship. The\nproposed appointments will, however,\ngo far towards remedying the grievance.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Mining Record.\na. tt:f:fo:r,:d,\nOPTICIAN.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 VANCOUVER, - - - - B.C.\nDealer in Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry and\nOptical goods. Our repair department is unex\ncelled for fine work. Leave your orderB with\nhe postmaster who will have it attended o as\nwell as if you came nersonally.\nPioneer\nInland Cigar Manufacturing Co.\nOF B.C., LTD.\nTo the Electors of the\nWest Riding of Lillooet Electoral District.\nGentlemen: As. the present condition of affairs in the province can not Inst long it will be\nnecessary to appeal to the country by a general\nelection and I again come before you, for the\nfifth time, to ask you for your suffrages, and if\nyou do me the honor to elect me to represent you\nin the Legislative Assembly, I shallconsider it\nmy duty to use my utmost endeavors to forward\nyour interests in every possible way, and those\nof the whole province.\nThe most urgent requirements of the district\nat the present time are the construction of\nroads to the Bridge River, McGillivray Creek\nand Blaekwater mining sections, and roads that\nwill give better and more convenient outlets to\nthe farmers of Pemberton Meadows, Watson\nBar creek, Empire Valley and Chilcotin\nagricultural sections, and if elected I will do all\nI possibly can to have these roads constructed\nas soon as possible.\nI believe that the district is on the eve of\ngreat prosperity, and I am in favor of the judicious expenditure of money in the construction\nof roads and trails so as to give easy access to\nall parts of the district, thus bringing its rich\nmining and agricultural resources within easy\nreach of the miners and agriculturalists. Such\na policy I am certain would result in a large\nincrease in the population and expansion of\nthe revenue as would justify any government\nin the expenditure.\nI do not think it would be in the best interest of the province for the government to\nassume the expense of constructing and operating railroads.\nIn order to encourage the more rapid development of the placer mining industry of the\nprovince, I think that holders of leases of hydraulic mining ground should be able to obtain\na crown grant of their holdings on terms similar to those granted to holders of mineral\nclaims.\nI think that some arrangement should be\nmade with the Dominion government so that\nrich mining ground, now held as Indian re.\nserves, can be mined by white men.\nI think that in order to protect white labor,\nthe Dominion government should increase the\ntax on Chinese coming into the country, and\nthat Japanese should pay the same tax as is\npaid by the Chinese.\nI believe that eight hours should be a day's\nwork in all underground metalliferous mines,\nand that neither Chinese nor Japanese should\nbe allowed to work in such mines.\nI think the act known as the Alien Act, and\nthe Liquor License Act, 1899, should be repealed.\nThe amendment made to the Placer Mining\nAct, under the supervision of Hon. Jos. Martin\nduring the session of 1899, which has virtually\nallowed the Chinese all over the province to\nmine on all crown lands during the paBt year\nwithout paying,for a free miner's certificate,\nshould be amended.\nIn order that those who meet with accidents\nin the mines or are sick from Other causes should\nbe able to obtain medical aid with the least\npossible delay. I think that the gevernment\nshould give such a subsidy as will induce a\nphysician to reside permanently in the district.\nI do not think the policy of the present government is such as will promote the best interests of the province, and is not in accordance\nwith the well understood wishes of a majority\nof the people.\nI shall endeavor to see you before the election takes place and explain my views on the\nvarious topics more fully to you personally,\nand at public meetings.\nI have the honor to be gentlemen, your obedient servant\nA. W. SMITH.\nur Specialties:\nINTERIOR\nLA MORENA\nKAMLOOPS, 23 G.\nUREN &\nMITCHELL\nGENERAL BLACKSM1THING\nAND HORSESHOEING.\nCLINTON, B. C. Branch at Lillooet.\nManufacturers of all kind of\nMINER'S SUPPLIES, PICKS, DRILLS, Etc.\nNone but the best material used. Miners or\nprospectors sending in orders will receive\nprompt attention and satisfaction guaranteed.\nR.F.Anderson &C\u00C2\u00BB\nNEV WESTMINSTER, B. C.\nGeneral Hardware,\nPaints, Oils and Varnishes,\nStoves, Enameled Iron\nand Tinware.\nMiners Steel, Picks, Shovels, etc., Wire Cable\nand Russel Wire Fencing.\nSEATON LAKE\nLillooet, B. C.\nHave in stock all kinds of\nDried Lumber, Finishing\nLumber and Mouldings.\nAll orders will receive\nprompt attention. Write for\nprices or apply at the yard.\nMainland Cigar\nFACTORY.\nIF YOU WANT TO ENJOY A GOOD\nCIGAR ASK FOR THE\nBritish Lion\nMainland\nOK\nAnd be sure that each Cigar Is branded, otherwise they are not genuine. .\nThey are not only made of the Choicest Tobacco but are of home manufacture, and\nBhould be patronized by all good citizens.\nWM. TIETJEN,\nManufacturer.\n123 Water Street, VANCOUVER, B. C\nHotel\nLLILOOET, B. C.\nW. F. Allen Proprietor\n' k k k k k k k\nFirst Class Hotel in every respect. Accommodation\nfor Eighty Guests. Large Annex comfortably furnished] Commercial travelers and others\nreceive every attention by staying at the\nPioneer Hotel. Large sample room.\nk k k k k k k\nWELL STOCKED BAR. EXCELLENT CUISINE;\nHeadquarters tor the B. Cr Express Stages\nHotel Victoria.\nLILLOOET, 23. a*\nThis hotel being new and thoroughly finished throughout is the only first\nclass hotel in Lillooet. Persons calling at Lillooet will receive every attention by\nstopping at the Hotel Victoria. Good stabling in connection with the hotel. Headquarters for the Lillooet-Lytton Btage.\n\u00C2\u00A9 \u00C2\u00AE \u00C2\u00A9 \u00C2\u00A9 \u00C2\u00A9 \u00C2\u00A9 CHARGES MODERATE. \u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A999\nalex. Mcdonald,\nProprietor.\nEXCBLSIOR HIOTJSE,\nF^R-A-SIEia. & BELL, PiBOPS.\nLILLOOET, - ... B.C.\nThe Bar is supplied with the best Wines, Liquors and Cigars.\nLYTTON STAGE LINE.\nStage leaves Lytton every Monday and Friday morning\nfor Lillooet, returning next day. Special trips made.\nIf you contemplate a trip into Lillooet district, write us for information.\nCAMERON & HURLEY \u00E2\u0080\u00A2:- Lytton and Lillooet, B C.\nR.&W. CUMMING\nFlour Milling Produce and\nGeneral Merchandise.\n2PJ-.-VXXJXOHT, S. G.\nATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY AND BUY PAVILION ROLLER FLOUR\nFlour and Offal sold at mill and delivered at reasonable rates.\n-^ ^ \u00C2\u00ABL' Gr\u00C2\u00A3HST2H2H,J-.Xj STOUE. \n- 4\ni\nLondon 6\u00E2\u0080\u0094 4:50 a.m. The Boers are\ndisplaying increased activity in Natal,\nbut there is no sign of General Buller\nmoving yet.\nMafeking was still besieged on April\nlst.l\nCapetown it is reported that the Hussars who were sent to the relief -of the\nRoyal IriBh Rifles are also missing\u00E2\u0080\u0094although this is probably a Boer canard\ndesigned to encourage the Eurghers.\nBasbof 6\u00E2\u0080\u0094The prisot ers captured by\nthe British yesterday and brought in today include many Frenchmen.\nLorenzo Marquez 6\u00E2\u0080\u0094A runner reports\nfrom Swaziland that two chiefs have\nbeen killed and many natives and in one\ndistrict they have been comletely killed\noff. The Boers are making presents lo the\nQueen and seeking permission to pass\nthrough Swaziland armed.j\nWarrenton 7\u00E2\u0080\u0094The British shelled\nFourteen Stie ms yesterday. The Boers\nresponded this morning with big guns.\nThe British began dropping lyddite into\ntheir position, finally silenceing their\nguns.\nLondon\u00E2\u0080\u0094 The retirement of tbe Irish\nRifles from Rouxolle leaves Gen'l. Brabant without communication with the\nBritish forces. He has 3,000 colonial?\nwith him.\nThe last despatch received from Lord\nRoberts was dated the 6th and the last\nunofficial message from the front was\ndated the 7th.\nMasern 7.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Boers who. were\nmassed at Ladybrand last week 10,000\nstrong have broken up into divisions\nand are now raiding in Southern part\nof Free State.\nLondon 10.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Preparations are being\nmade to prerent any kind of surprise\nagainst Bioemfontein. Lord Kitchener\nis responsible for the protection of the\nrailway while Lord Roberts is waiting\nfor remounts and winter clothing for the\ntroops whose uniforms are worn out.\nGeneral Brabant and Gen. Gatacre\nremain in their present position.\nLord ?Roberts will confine his operations to clearing the Free State of\nraiders and to relieving Mafeking, for\nwhich purpose the 8th division, now arriving at Capetown, lias been ordered to\nKimberley. The Boers tried to lure the\nMafeking garrison out into a mined\nambush, but the British engineers discovered the mine, cut the wire communication and unearthed the 250\npounds of dynamite and war gelatine.\nThe prisoners who were captured near\nBoshof by Lord Methuen have arrived\nat Kimberley. There are but three\nDutchmen the others being French,\nGermans and Russians.\nAliwal North 10.\u00E2\u0080\u0094An engagement\ntook place at Wepner yesterday. Tlie\nfighting was quite heavy and was renewed this morning. Three Boer commands attacked the town and fighting\nlasted all day. The Boers received a\nsevere check. Reinforcements are being hurtied to both combatants.\nPietermaritzburg 10.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Heavy cannonading commenced this morning in the\nvicinity of Elandslate.\nLondon 10.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Mysterious movement of\ntroops is proceeding at Bioemfontein.\nNo news is allowed to leak through. It\nia believed that Lord Roberts is making\nan effort to cut off the retreat of the riding Boers when the pursuing British\ncolumns will start in.\nMafeking advices state that the Boers\nhad a fight with Kaffirs who were passing through thdir lines, killing 31.\nBuluwogo 3.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Col Plumer engaged the\nBoers on March 31st, between Romitha-\nbama and Mafeking. Plumer withdrew to prevent being outflanked ss the\nBoers were in force at three points. The\nBritish Maxims did good work and it is\nbelieved the Boers lost tho heaviest.\nJ B CHERRY,\nA. B. THIN. COLL., DUBLIN.\nBARRISTER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC\nLillooet. B. C\nSAHUEL GIBBS,\nNotary Public, Accountant and\nMining Broker\nReports on Mining Properties.\nLILLOOET and BRIDGE RIVER, B. C.\nLICENSED CONVEYANCER.\nLlrTTTOILSr.\nAnthony & Robson,\n(Successors'to A. Stevenson.\nBusiness established 1803.\nPOST OFFICE STORE.\nGeneral flerchandise and\nMiners Supplies.\nFORWARDING AGENTS.\nR.F.Anderson &Co\nNEW WESTMINSTER, B. C.\nGeneral Hardware,\nPaints, Oils and Varnishes,\nStoves, Enameled Iron\nand Tinware.\nMiners Steel, Picks, Shovels, etc., Wire Cable\nand Russel Wire Fencing.\nNOTICE.\nW. H. Reed left for Horse Fly on\nTuesday.\nNotire is hereby given that an application\nwill be made to the Legislative assembly of the\nprovince of British Columbia at its next session\nfor an act to incorporate a company with power\nto construct, equip, maintain and operate telephone and telegraph lines within and throughout all the cities, towns, municipalities and\ndistricts of the mainland of the province of\nBritish Columbia and to construct, erect, and\nmaintain such and so many poles and other\nworks and devices as the company deem\nnecessary for making, completing, supporting,\nusing, working, operating and maintaining the\nsystem of communication by telephone and\ntelegraph, and to open or break up any part or\nparts of the said highways or streets as often as\nthe said company, its agents, officers or workmen think proper and for the purpose of the\nundertaking to purchase, acquire, lease, expropriate, hold and sell and dispose of lands, bu ild-\nmgs, or tenements within the limits aforesaid,\nand to purchase or lease, for any term of years,\nany telephone or telegraph line established or\nlo be established in British Columbia connected, or to be connected with the line which the\n.company may construct, and to amalgamate\nWith or lease its line or lines, or any portion or\nportions thereof, to any company possessing as\nproprietor, any line of telephone or telegraph\ncommunication connecting or to be connected\nwith the said company's line or lines, and to\nborrow money for the purposes of the company,\nand to pledge or mortgage any of the company's\nassets for that purpose, and to receive bonuses,\nor privileges from any person or body corporate, and with all other usual, necessary or incidental rights, powers or privileges as may be\nnecessary or incidental to the attainment of\nthe above objects, or any of them.\nBated this first day of March 1900.\nDALY & HAMILTON,\n35 Solicitors for the Applicants.\nT^--|gg-*\nTHE BOW LEGGED GHOST\ni amo OtherStories\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Bl LE UN Mt.D \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 - ^\ny ww\n, i;\nI \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\neU\n0/\nBAILEY\nHOTEL.\nSilverthorn Bros. 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C\n TZHTE\t\nWit HAMILTON MANUFACTURING CO.\nEngineers\nand Contractors\nMODERN MINING AND MILLING MACHINERY.\nSole agents:\nM. Beatty k sons Dredging Machinery\nContractors for the design and construction of complete stamp mills, concentration,\nclornation, cyanide and smelter equipments\nPeterboro Ont., and Yancouver, B. C.\nJ. M. Mackinnon\nMininq Properties\nHanded\nProperties Bondea\nVancouver B. O\nCARIBOO & LILLOOET\nSTAGE TRAVEL.\nClinton and way points\u00E2\u0080\u0094Monday, Wednesday and Friday.\nAll points in Cariboo\u00E2\u0080\u0094Monday.\nLILLOOET DIRECT\u00E2\u0080\u0094Monday and FridaY.\nForks of Quesnelle and way points\u00E2\u0080\u0094Monday.\nUntil further notice a special coach, carrying passengers, mails and express, will leave Ashcroft for 150-Mile House, aud way points, on Fridays. If business offers tnis coach will also run\nthrough to Quesnelle.\nThrough and return tickets at reduced rates. Special conveyances furnished.\nBRITISH COLUMBIA EXPRESS COMPANY\nHead Office: ASHCROFT, B. 0.\nILSTOW BOYS&XXtT02Sr PBOP- /-\nTHE PROSPECTOR, LILLOOET, B. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1900.\nLOCAL NEWS.\nMr. A. McDonald is at the coast this\nweek.\nA. A. Brett went to McGillivray creek\non Tuesday.\nThe Lytton Btage arrived Wednesday\nevening with a full load of passengers.\nThe Lillooet Baseball Club will hold\na social dance in Santini's hall on Monday evening. Tickets $1.\nBertie Phair returned from Victoria\nthe first of the week to spend the Easter\nholidays with his parents.\nMrs. Wm. Cumming left on Tuesday\n10th inst, for Vancouver to visit her son,\nwho is attending Vogels Commercial\nCollege.\nMr. John Marshall returned from Abd-\ncroft last Friday evening where he had\nbeen in connection with the Anderson\nLake Mining Company.\nR. B. Skinner left the first of the week\nto visit the Empire Valley section to\nconeult the electors on political matters.\nHe was accompanied by T. P. Reed.\nPhilip Bessou, book keeper for R. T.\nWard, came aown from McGillivrav\ncreek on Saturday and returned Tuesday\ntaking a quantity of supplies with him.\nWm. Halymore who has been in the\nBridge River for the past few weeks iB\nin town. He is more than ever pleased\nwith the future af Biidge River section.\nMr. John Hawley of Vancouver has\nbeen in town the past week. He is on\nbusiness in connection with the Toronto\n& Lillooet Gold Reefs Company operating on Cayoosh creek.\nWm. 0. Fraser who has been on The\nProspector staff for the past three\nmonths, left for Quesnelle on Monday\nwhere he will be connected with the\ntelegraph service to ihe north.\nJames Brett returned from Ashcroft\nand Vancouver Wednesday after an\nabsence of about ten days. He was a\ndelegate from West Lillooet to the\nliberal of convention held in Vancouver\nlast Thursday.\nThe police are busy this week trying\nto trace some old lumber that was taken\nfrom the Episcopalian Church lately.\nThe entriaic value is not much, but\nstealing consecrated material, is probably a serious offence.\nForty-Six Day* in Lent.\n\"How many days are-there in Lent?\"\nwas the query that came from a member\nof the club. \"We've got a wager on it.\n\"Forty dayd,\" was the office boy's\nready answer.\n\"But Ash Wednesday was Feb. 28th\nthis jear, and Easter falls on April 15th.\nThat makes forty-six days. I bet that\nLent was longer than forty days. I win\ndon't I?\"\n\"Wait a minute and I'll tell you,\"\nspoke up the office hoy.\nAfter putting the question to everybody in reach without getting a satisfactory answer, the general opinion\nwas that there was something wrong\nwith the calendar. The office boy dug\nup an ecclesiastical encyclopedia and\nfound that Lent was forty fast days long,\"\nSunday aot being counted. This is why\nthe seaBon of Lent extends over forty-\nsix days. The office boy is now making\nbete on his own occount.\n\"How did you and your friends manage\nto get through a campaign, each taking\nan active part, without becoming enemies?\"\n\"Oh, there waB no occasion for any\nviolent jealousies or personal feeling.\nWe didn't belong to the same party.\"\nAn Irish servant-girl, who bad a very\nhard mistress, one day became angry\nand threatened to commit suicide. \"It\nyou do,\" said her mistress' \"you will\nsurly go to hell.\" \"Well,\" said the girl,\n\"if it isn't a better place than this I\nwon't stay there.\"\nMaude\u00E2\u0080\u0094I think I Ought to tell you,\nClara, that I met your fiance in the hall\nlast night and he kissed me. Of course\nthe hall was not very well lighted.\nClara (interrupting(\u00E2\u0080\u0094Yes he told me\nall about it. He said the hall was as\ndark as pitch or he would have never\nmade such a fool of himself.\nThere was a time when swearing\nwas almost considered a gentlemanly\naccomplishment. An archbishop of\nCanterbury of the day, however, objected\nto the habit, and calling on Lord Melbourne to discuss some business, thus\napostrophized him.- \"Now my lord, it\nwill save time if, before we begin, we assume that .everybody and everything is\ndamned.\"\nThe duke of Wellington used to tell a\nstory of a Frenchman who, to enforce\nhis contention that we are mere creatures\nof habit, exclaimed: \"For example, we\nwash our hands, but never our feet.\"\nThe \"Iron Duke\" probably had not\nheard of the English duchess of tl.e\ncentury before, who, when Eome one remarked how dirty her hands were, said:\n\"Lord that's nothing; you should see\nmy feet!\" .\nAt a recent performance of \"Fauet\"\nin an eastern city, the part of Mephi-\nBtopheles was taken by a very stout man.\nWhen he come to descend into the infernal regions he was unable to do bo\nowing to the trap door being too small\nto admit of his body passing through.\nHe was stuck tight and struggled\nviolently to get down below. Noticing\nhis predicament and not knowing the\nreason of his inability to go further a\nlittle gallery god cried out: \"Hurrak,\nboys, hell is full.\"\nGambling in London.\nThere were in 1724 in London alone 35\ngambling houses. Nearly all the\nmost respectable West End cluhe were\noriginally gambling houses as the Cocoa\nTree, which is still flourishing as a club\nat No. 64 St James' street. One night\nlate in the last century there was a cast\nin hazard, the difference of which was\n$900,100. That present pink of perfection, \"White's,\" was perhaps the\nmost appalling gambling hell in Europe.\n\"The young men of the age,\" say Wol-\npole, \"lose there $50,000, $75,000 $90,000\nin an evening.\" The play at the club\nwas only for rouleaux of $250 each, and\ngenerally there was $50,000 in gold on\nthe table. The gamesters began by pul\nling off their embroidered clothes, and\nput on frieze garments or turned their\ncoats inside out for luck. They put on\npieces of leather to save their lace ruffles.\nTo guard their eyes from the light and\nto prevent tumbling their hair they wore\nhigh-crowned straw |hats with btoad\nbrims and sometimes masks to conceal\ntheir emotions. Almack's afterwards\nwas known as the Goose Tree Club\u00E2\u0080\u0094 a\nrather significant name\u00E2\u0080\u0094and Pitt was\none of its most constant frequenters,\nand there met his adherents. Gibbon\nwas also a member, and when the club\nwas still Almack's, which |indeed was\nthe name of its founder and original\nproprietor.\nTo the Electors of the\nWest Biding of Lillooet Electoral District.\nGentlemen: At the request of a number of\ninfluential voters I have decided to seek the\nhonor of representing your important district\nin the Provincial Legislative Assembly.\nI am as many of you are doubtless aware,\ninterested to a large extent in mineral property\nin the district. I am therefore desirous that\nits resources should be developed, and consequently will be sure, if elected, to endeavor to\nobtain as large appropriations as possible for\nthe making of roads and trails. I am convinced\nthat in the immediate future there will be a\nlarge influx of capital into the Province, and\nI shall use every effort to encourage the investment of money here. I have shown my faith\nin the district by investing my own money, and\nindirectly I have been largely the means of the\ndevelopment of some of the best properties. As\nthe future advancement of Lillooet and the\nfarming communit y in the surrounding country\nis solely dependent on the mining industry: it\nis to your interest to be represented by some\none who is directly interested in\" mining.\nThough not a permanent resident of the district, I am continually visiting the various mining camps and am therefore, well able to judge\nof the country's requirements. The fact that\nmy residence is more or less in Vancouver and\nVictoria should rather be in your favor than\notherwise as I am continually in touch with\nprominent business men from all parts of the\nProvince and capitalists who visit the coast\ncities.\nI am fn favor of a very liberal expenditure of\nmoney for opening up the whole country so\nthat the world at large can see what great\nnatural resources we have and I will, if elected,\nadvocate the borrowing of money for this purpose to tlie fullest extent. I am of the opinion\nthat roads lo open up Bridge River, the Empire\nValley, Pemberton Meadows and Anderson\nLake districts and the improvements of roads\nand trails generally, are an absolute necessity\nWith regard to the eight hour law: I consider\nthat for an honest eight hours work underground, any man is entitled to a full days\nwage, but under certain circumstances and\nconditions I see no reason why men should not\nbe free to work extra time provided they were\ncompensated accordingly.\nWith regard to Alien Act: I may say that I\nhave always opposed it even before it was passed\nin the house, and from my personal observation\nin Atlin last fall my opinion is that It was a\ngrevious mistake.\nI am opposed to the employment of Oriental\nlabor in mines.\nI consider it was a mistake to withdraw the\nsubsidy given to physicians to induce them to\nreside in outlying districts in the province.\nThe improvement of the laws pertaining to\nquartz and placer mining shall always receive\nmy most careful consideration and attention.\nIt is my intention, if elected to visit every part\nof the riding at least once a year in order to ascertain the needs of my constituents so that I\nshall be in a position to urge their claims on\nthe government.\nIt is my intention, if possible, to call on each\nelector in order to explain my views more\nfully.\nTrusting that you [will show your confidence\nin me by placing me at the head of the poll.\nI have ihe honor to he, your obedient servant\nROBERT B. SKINNER.\nEstablished 1886.\nIncorporated 1895\nLYTTON\".\nAnthony & Robson,\n(Successors to A. Stevenson.\nBusiness established 18(i;s.\nPOST OFFICE STORE.\nGeneral flerchandise and\nMiners Supplies.\nFORWARDING AGENTS.\nJ B CHERRY,\nA. B. TRIN. COLL., DUBLIN.\nBARRISTER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC\nLillooet, B. C\nMclennan, mcfeeley & Co., Ltd.\nWholesale and Eetail Hardware.\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\nMining Supplies. Blacksmith Supplies Mill Supplies\nRailroad Supplies. Contractors' and Lumber Supplies.\nAgents for The Giant Powder Co., San Francisco.\nPaul Santini\nGENERAL MERCHANT\nLTLLOOET, B. C.\nCarries a full stock of all kinds of Groceries, Dry Good,\nBoots and Shoes, Hardware, etc.\nMINERS' OUTFITS A SPECIALTY.\n%^\nLILLOOET AND BRIDGE RIVER STORES.\nJ; DUNLOP.\nMiners Supplies.\nLILLOOET, -B. O.\nBranch Store at Bridge River where a\nfull stock of General Merchandise and Min\ners Outfits are on hand.\nJ. Dunlop, General Merchant, Lillooet, B.C\nC. A. PHAIR\nGeneral Merchandise\nMiners' Supplies a specialty.\nTERMS CASH.\nLILLOOET, B C\nTHE FEDERAL LIFE ASSURANCE\nCOMPANY.\nOur guaranteed security plan is a popular and profitable policy to the assured.\nIt will pay you to see our rates and different plans before taking out a policy.\nWM. HOLDEN, Inspector, Vancouver. THOS. McADAM, Provincial Manager.\nJohn Hawley\nniNINQ BROKER.\nvA.3sraoTj-v\"E:R, - - - b.o.\nFirst class mining properties handled.\nf\nv-)"@en . "Titles in chronological order: The Prospector ; The Lillooet Prospector ; The Prospector ; Lillooet Prospector."@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Lillooet (B.C.)"@en . "Lillooet"@en . "The_Prospector_1900-04-13"@en . "10.14288/1.0212216"@en . "English"@en . "50.6938890"@en . "-121.9336110"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Lillooet, B.C. : Ric. A. Fraser"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. 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